Germany is nine hours ahead of Los Angeles, and though Gao Guang also runs around the world, he often forgets about the time difference. Luckily Otto reminded him, or else he would have gotten the time wrong.
Valentine's Day or not, what's that got to do with Gao Guang? Since the meeting is set for Valentine's Day, then that's just perfect.
Meeting with Derren Swift, however, required some thinking about who to take along.
Patrick is German, so he definitely has to go, and then there's Ricardo, who's very meticulous; he also has to be there, and Leonid as well, since for arms trade negotiations, you've got to have someone who understands the business.
With these people, that should be enough. There's no need to drag everyone else to Germany.
If they were going, they needed to get a move on. Two days wasn't much time, with the flight taking over ten hours, not to mention buying tickets and getting there early. It wasn't something that could be sorted with just a word.
